Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to reimburse the Department of Public Utilities for work performed in conjunction with the Dyer / Lazar HSTS Elimination Project.
The aforementioned project encompassed the extension of more than 6,400 feet of sanitary sewer service in the vicinity of Dyer and Lazar roads for the purpose of reducing the reliance on home treatment systems in that area due to the potential hazard of groundwater pollution. As part of that effort, the Department of Public Utilities directed its contractor, John Eramo & Sons, Inc., to resurface Lazar Road and Tanis Drive at the behest of the Department of Public Service. The Department of Public Utilities fronted the cost of resurfacing those roadways, which totaled $120,792.00. This ordinance authorizes the Department of Public Service to encumber and expend the requisite funds to reimburse the Department of Public Utilities for the completion of said improvements.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $120,792.00 is available in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service to support this project expenditure. An amendment to the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned expenditure.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in order to enable the Department of Public Service to satisfy the outstanding obligation owed to the Department of Public Utilities as soon as reasonably practicable.
4. MINORITY AND WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE & SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
This expenditure is to reimburse another city department and as such is not an expenditure that falls under this program.
Title
To amend the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the Director of Public Service to reimburse the Department of Public Utilities for costs associated with the resurfacing of Lazar Road and Tanis Drive as part of the Dyer / Lazar HSTS Elimination Project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $120,792.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($120,792.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities administered the Dyer / Lazar HSTS Elimination Project, which encompassed the extension of more than 6,400 feet of sanitary sewer service in the vicinity of Dyer and Lazar roads for the purpose of reducing the reliance on home treatment systems in that area due to the potential hazard of groundwater pollution; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities agreed to incorporate certain additional infrastructure improvements, specifically the resurfacing of Lazar Road and Tanis Drive, into the aforementioned project at the behest of the Department of Public Service; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the encumbrance and expenditure of the sum of $120,792.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service to enable the Department of Public Service to reimburse the Department of Public Utilities for costs associated with resurfacing those roadways and amend the Capital Improvement Budget; and
WHEREAS, this expenditure is to reimburse another city department and as such is not an expenditure that falls under the Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprise & Small Local Business Enterprise Program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize this ordinance to satisfy the outstanding obligation owed to the Department of Public Utilities as soon as reasonably practicable, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget authorized by Ordinance 1896-2022 be and is hereby amended to provide sufficient budget authority for the appropriate project authorized within this ordinance as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
7704 / P530282-100000 / 59-03 Resurfacing (Voted Carryover) / $1,330,009.00 / ($120,792.00) / $1,209,217.00
7704 / P530282-100171 / Resurfacing - Dyer/Lazar HSTS Elimination (Voted Carryover) / $0.00 / $120,792.00 / $120,792.00
SECTION 2. That the Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to reimburse the Department of Public Utilities for construction and inspection costs associated with the resurfacing of Lazar Road and Tanis Drive as part of the Dyer / Lazar HSTS Elimination Project administered by the Department of Public Utilities.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $120,792.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 59-11 (Division of Infrastructure Management), Project P530282-100171 (Resurfacing - Dyer/Lazar HSTS Elimination), in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
SECTION 7. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the mayor, or ten days after passage if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.